Alcoholic effect on body

[Hammer76]

Hi,

I would like to share a problem that i am facing at the moment. My wife has a problem of alcohol tolerance that i never believed it is a big deal until now. She is 28 years old and drinks socially. At the moment she is a moderate drinker (once per week) while few years ago she used to drink on a regular basis. She have side effects after drinking that i never saw in any person before. She can be alright for a certain limit and then when she pass this limit she turns/flips and become totally a different person that can have some nasty personality(abusing her close friends and her family in words or having nervous breakdowns). In addititon she loses control over her physical ability to move or stand up and she ends up by loosing her conscious. The next day she wakes up with no memory what so ever of what happened to her and what she was up to. We had so much fights about this issue and i am trying so hard to help her out. The problem is that she knows that she has a problem but once she is around people socially she looses her control over alcohol and ends up the same way everytime. In addition i noticed that the next day after a drinking night and as usual a pass out, she gets this really weird alcohol smell from her mouth and her body that keeps me away of her for the whole day.
I am trying hard to help her solving. at the moment i am stopping alcohol only to push her also to do so.
Please tell me what is happenind to my wife.
Thanks you

[joanie42]

Hi.. As a recovering alcoholic myself (10 yrs clean), I've done my share of research. After a night of heavy drinking (to the level of losing conciousness) You will smell the alcohol over the next 24 hours as the body detoxes itself. The alcohol is released from the body through the pores of the skin (in addition to "regular" elimination). She drinks to the point of unconciousness because her body is taking in more alcohol than it can process. This is really like "alcohol poisoning". As for the personality change, alcohol does affect the personality but the degree of effect varies with each person. My dad was a drinker who also became nasty & abusive even though sober he was a sweetheart. Good luck & God bless you both.

[Hammer76]

Thank you for your response. I agree about the smell and i think it can be treated somehow. But do you think that she might have an allergy to alcohol, or a liver malfunction. She does not drink alcohol like an alcoholic, when she drinks beer, the side effect starts coming after the 2nd pint. With wine after the third glass. with vodka, probably after her third or fourth single shot mixed with softs. I am determined to help her because i love her so much, and sometimes she spent hours crying not knowing how to deal with it. One accident that i remember, i made her brithday party and her friends came from everywhere, as usual i have to be the one always watching out. After few drinks, dancing and having fun she started getting aggressive and she kicked out everyone from the house until she fainted. Believe me the next day she had no idea about it. I explained to everyone the problem but they are all avoiding us unfortunatly.

[joanie42]

I didn't realize that this was happening with so little alcohol. Yes, I would definitely tell her to have her liver functions checked. The average adult can metabolize the amounts you mentioned without the drastic side effects. It's unfortunate, but quite often it will cause damage in your personal relationships with friends & family. It's hard for people to understand & accept. I lost one friend who had been really close with me since high school. I'll keep the two of you in my prayers.